Telluride Film Festival SHOWRoom

Conversation: Salman Rushdie and Chai Vasarhelyi with Peter Sellars Part 1

Telluride Film Festival — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Chai Vasarhelyi, director of the Youssou Ndour documentary I BRING WHAT I LOVE, tells the divine tale of the spiritual genesis of the film. Then, Peter Sellars testifies to the humbling fate of Ndour's Grammy - which he won for the ravishing and joyous, albeit controversial, pan-African album Egypt.

Conversation: Salman Rushdie and Chai Vasarhelyi with Peter Sellars Part 2

Telluride Film Festival — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

In relation to the controversy surrounding Youssou Ndour's album Egypt, Salman Rushdie speaks about his original intention of writing the controversial book "Satanic Versus."

Telluride Stories: Ron Colby and Paul Watson

Telluride Film Festival — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Presenting Sponsor Dell teamed up with Media Partner Variety to capture some quiet moments with some of our guests over the Labor Day Weekend. Variety's Mike Jones asks PIRATE FOR THE SEA director Ron Colby and its subject Paul Watson about their inspirations for the documentary.

Telluride Stories: Jeff Goldblum and Paul Schrader Part 2

Telluride Film Festival — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Presenting Sponsor Dell teamed up with Media Partner Variety to capture some quiet moments with many of our guests during the Labor Day Weekend. In this second part of their conversation with Variety's Anne Thompson, Jeff Goldblum and Paul Schrader talk about the intricacies of the main character in ADAM RESURRECTED.

Telluride Stories: Greg Kinnear and Lauren Graham Part 2

Telluride Film Festival — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Presenting Sponsor Dell teamed up with Media Partner Variety to capture some quiet moments with many of our guests. FLASH OF GENIUS stars Greg Kinnear and Lauren Graham give a brief synposis of their new picture, and Kinnear cannot help but marvel at the coincidence surrounding his second trip to the Telluride Film Festival.

Q & A: I've Loved You So Long

Telluride Film Festival — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Elsa Zylberstein discloses some of the methods used to create the emotional space between the characters she and Kristin Scott Thomas portray in Philippe Claudel's magnificent first feature.

Telluride Stories: Bent Hamer

Telluride Film Festival — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Presenting Sponsor Dell captured some quiet moments with some of our guests over the Labor Day Weekend. O'HORTEN director Bent Hamer shares the lessons he learned from his main character, Odd Horten.

Telluride Stories: Nandita Das Part 2

Telluride Film Festival — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Presenting Sponsor Dell captured some quiet moments with many of our guests over the Labor Day Weekend. In this part of their talk, first time filmmaker guest Nandita Das shares with Mike Jones her thoughts on the Telluride Film Festival experience.

Conversation: Paul Watson and Ron Colby with Ken Burns

Telluride Film Festival — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Paul Watson is the most controversial figure in the environmental movement, taking the law into his own hands on the open seas. Using nonviolent tactics, he confronts hunters who indiscrimanately slaughter whales, seals and sharks, as well as complicit governments and soft-spined enviro orgs. Listen along with PIRATE FOR THE SEA director Ron Colby and TFF favorite Ken Burns as Watson tells his tale.

Seminar: Snip Snip

Telluride Film Festival — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Are Cutbacks in Film Distribution and Criticism Affecting Quality Filmmaking? Annette Insdorf moderates a highly charged panel of industry professionals gazing into the changing face of the Internet and its relationship to Cinema. Panel includes Sony Pictures Classics Co-President Michael Barker, LA Weekly Film Editor Scott Foundas, Variety's Anne Thompson, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE director Danny Boyle, IFC Entertainment President Jonathan Sehring, and ADAM RESURRECTED director Paul Schrader.

35 Years of Telluride Film Festival

Telluride Film Festival — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Telluride Film Festival Co-Founder and Co-Director Tom Luddy recounts the early days of the Festival, and remembers some of the more fantastic moments and characters that make up our 35 year history.

Conversation: Paul Schrader, Yoram Kaniuk and Phillip Lopate

Telluride Film Festival — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Film critic (and past Festival Guest Director) Phillip Lopate examines the underlying themes of ADAM RESURRECTED with the book's author, Yoram Kaniuk, and the film's director, Paul Schrader. Revelations abound regarding death and rebirth, contradiction of character, and the book's controversial alternative title.

Seminar: Dream Makers: How Does the Story Dictate a Film's Style?

Telluride Film Festival — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Moderator Anne Thompson of Variety journeys into the minds of our filmmaker panelists to uncover the subconscious world their ideas initially inhabit, and the filmmaking mechanics that make them reality. Paul Schrader, Nandita Das, Danny Boyle, Jan Troell, and Ari Folman share their filmic visions and waking life challenges in the dream like setting of Elks Park.

Telluride via Radiohead

Telluride Film Festival — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

One of the new millennium's most influential and cherished bands, Radiohead, kindly provide the soundtrack to this wonderful time-lapse video from our 35th year.

Telluride Stories: Nandita Das

Telluride Film Festival — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Presenting Sponsor Dell teamed up with Media Partner Variety to capture some quiet moments with many of our guests over the Labor Day Weekend. Mike Jones asks Nandita Das to elaborate on the differences she found between acting and directing, and on Salman Rushdie's involvement with her latest film FIRAAQ.

Telluride Stories: Michael Barker and Tom Bernard Part 2

Telluride Film Festival — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Presenting Sponsor Dell teamed up with Media Partner Variety to capture some quiet moments with many of our guests during the Labor Day Weekend. Variety's Mike Jones talks to Sony Pictures Classics' Michael Barker and Tom Bernard about the films they brought with them to Telluride, and the state of independent cinema on the world's stage.

Telluride Stories: Ari Folman

Telluride Film Festival — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Presenting Sponsor Dell captured some quiet moments with many of our guests over the Labor Day Weekend. Variety's Mike Jones sits down with WALTZ WITH BASHIR director Ari Folman to discuss the autobiographical nature of his film, and why animation was the only option.

Telluride Stories: Steve McQueen

Telluride Film Festival — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Presenting Sponsor Dell teamed up with Media Partner Variety to capture some quiet moments with many of our guests during the Labor Day Weekend. Variety's Anne Thompson dialogues with first time feature director Steve McQueen on the inspirations behind, as well as the controversies surrounding, his award winning picture HUNGER.

Telluride Stories: Jeff Goldblum and Paul Schrader

Telluride Film Festival — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Presenting Sponsor Dell captured some quiet moments with many of our guests during the Labor Day Weekend. Director Paul Schrader summarizes the premise of his latest film ADAM RESURRECTED, his many trips to the Telluride Film Festival, and the future of film festivals in general. The star of ADAM RESURRECTED, Jeff Goldblum, and Variety's Anne Thompson listen on.

Telluride Stories: Elsa Zylberstein and Philippe Claudel

Telluride Film Festival — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Presenting Sponsor Dell teamed up with Media Partner Variety to capture some quiet moments with many of our guests during the Labor Day Weekend. Variety's Anne Thompson talks with I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG's Elsa Zylberstein and director Philippe Claudel about the film's reception in Telluride and its amazing ability to transcend cultures with its powerfully quiet message.